Sky Germany’s director of drama programming, Frank Jastfelder, said Acht Tage had “immediately” appealed because it forces viewers to question how they would react in an extreme situation such as a world-ending event.

Sky Germany has been upping its original drama productions since it became part of the larger Sky Europe group in 2014. Current projects include a Das Boot TV reworking and Babylon Berlin, a coproduction

The parent group is current subject to a takeover approach from leading shareholder 21st Century Fox, though the deal has been widely criticised by shareholders this week over issues of cost and transparency.

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